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(Application led Feb. 2, 1901.)

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ASH-SIFTER.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No.`695,250, dated March. 11, 1902.

Application tiled February 2, 1901. Serial No. 45,725. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be itknown that I, GARRET JAN TE BRAKE, a citizen of the United States, and airesident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Visconsin, have invented a new and Improved Ash-sifter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an apparatus for sifting ashes, which apparatus, owing to the peculiar construction thereof, is absolutely dustless.

In constructing the sifter I provide a peculiarly-arranged closed trunk or compartment in which the sifting process is performed, this trunk having communication with devices serving to lead the dust off into the flue or chimney of the building in which the sifter is operated.

This specification is a specific description of one form of the invention, while the claims are definitions of the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective View of the in vention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a side view of the instrument in the position of rest. Fig. t is a cross-section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

a indicates the trunk or body of the ashsifter, which is provided with a hinged lid ci', having side wings d2, adapted to lie against the sides of the trunk a to form a secure connection between the lid and the trunk. The bottom of the trunk is provided with an oriiice, from which projects a spout or chute as, and this spout is arranged to `form a close connection with the mouth of the ash can or bucket b, which may be placed under the trunk, as shown inFigs. l and2. The trunk ci is provided in its interior at a point just over the spout a3 with a sling c', in which is held to reciprocate the sifter proper, c. This sifter is provided with a handle c2, projected loosely through an opening in the front wall ofthe trunk a. Vhen the lid a is raised, themashes and cinders may be introduced into thesifter o, and by operating the saine through the medium of the handle c2 the ashes will drop through the spout a3 into the bucket Z1.

The trunk a is elongated or extended bevond the spout a3, and this extended portion of the trunk is provided with longitudinallydisposed bars d, held in position by a bridge or the like d. On these bars d may be rested the sifter proper, c, when it is not in use, for which purpose the sifter is moved out of engagement with the sling c/ and rested on the bars CZ. The handle c2 may then be moved to one side, and, if desired, ashes or other matter may be thrown Adirectly through the opening in the top of the trunk a and into the bucket l) through the spout a3 Without involving the use of the sifter proper.

The apparatus is supported by the legs e, which comprise two pairs, each pair converging toward each other at their upper ends, the said pairs of legs supporting a horizontal shaft e, and on this shaft are mounted pivotally the extensions CLL of the trunk or body a of the apparatus. By all these means the trunk is mounted to swing downward to the position shown in Fig. 2 or upward to the position shown in Fig. 3. When the trunk is thrown upward, as in Fig. 3, itis held in such raised position by means of a latch-barf, having notches f' therein, coacting with staples or guides f2, fastened to the trunk a at opposite sides thereof. `Springs f3 are fastened to the trunk and engage the latch-bars f to hold them in readiness for operation, and, if desired, the upper ends of the latch-bars may be connected together by a transverse tie-rod f4, so that the latch-bars will act in unison. The trunk ct may be lowered, as in Fig. l, by manually throwing the latch-bars f' rearward, causing the shoulders of the notches a' to disengage the keepers f2, and then the parts will occupy the position shown in the first two figures.

A cylindrical barrel g is fitted between the extensions a4 of the trunk a and is mounted on the shaft e', as is best shown in Figs. 2 and 5. This barrel gis provided with an oritice g in its lower side, which communicates with the interior of the trunk a, and from the upper part of the barrel g passes a pipe g2, Which is adapted to have communication with the iiue or chimney of the building in which the sifter is arranged. The pipe g2 is commanded by a damper h, the axis of which is connected with a weighted bar 71,', arranged IOO ' outside of the pipe.

This bar h' is in turn connected by a slot and pin, as shown, with a link h2,pivoted on top of the trunk a. When the trunk a is thrown from one of its positions to the other, the damper 7L will be operated, through the medium of the link h2 and rod h', so that the damper will be open when the trunk is in operative position and closed when the trunk is in inoperative position. By this arrangement the damper h is opened when the ashes are being sifted, so as to permit the dust to pass olf through the pipe g2; but when ashes are not being sifted the damper is closed, so as to prevent the draft of air from passing unnecessarily through the apparatus.

With this invention the ashes may be easily 4 and effectively sifted, and all of the dust,

which is necessarily generated in great quantities by the sifting operation, may be oarried off through the chimney, so that the sifting may be conducted in any apartment of the house without inconvenience. It will also be observed that when the trunk a is in operative position it bears on the bucket or can b, and thus the spout a3 is caused to have a secure connection with the mouth of the bucket and prevent the escape of dust between these two parts.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. An ash-sifter, comprising a body, a support on which the body is pivotally mounted, a pipe communicating with the interior of the body and passing upward therefrom, the pipe being held stationary on the support, a damper commanding the pipe, a connection between the damper and the body, a sifting device within the body, and a means for holding the body in raised or inactive position.

2. An ash-sitter, comprising a support, a body portion pivotally mounted thereon, a cylindrical barrel held stationary on the sup-l port and having sliding connection with a part of the body, the interior of the barrel communicating with the interior of the body, a pipe-passing up from the barrel, a damper commanding the pipe, a connection between the damper and the body, a sifting device within the body, and means for holding the body in raised or inactive position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GARRET JAN TE BRAKE,

Witnesses:

JOSEPH F. BALDAUF, EDMUND Booz. 

